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ang lee has also won two osks. but his picture didn't win. >> box office, what influence has that? >> they expanded the best picture race, movies were get pg nominated that weren't making any money. they expanded it to 10 and they wanted some big budget moirs. let me tell you the average take of the movies that were nominated was very low. if gravity wasn't in there, it certainly would have been a lot lower than that. in the past year we've heard the lowest grossing pictures of all time, if 12 years a slave wins, that's going to be another one. there is evidence that the academy is taking movies more an more seriously. this debate 12 years a slave thematically, it is odds-on the win the major awards, fruitdale station wasn't nominated. >> it's interesting, thanks for joining us. shothe show may be over but the conversation continues. @ajconsiderthis. >> dry weather and stiff winds are fueling a wildfire in californi san gabriel mountains. firefighters may be getting the upper hand on the blaze that has burnef thousands of acres. >>> a new report that says the nsa collects nearly 20
ang lee has also won two osks. but his picture didn't win. >> box office, what influence has that? >> they expanded the best picture race, movies were get pg nominated that weren't making any money. they expanded it to 10 and they wanted some big budget moirs. let me tell you the average take of the movies that were nominated was very low. if gravity wasn't in there, it certainly would have been a lot lower than that. in the past year we've heard the lowest grossing pictures of all...
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-- granted there is yet to be a movie that won best picture that didn't have a white director, ang lee has also won two best director -- >> true but his filming didn't win. bill, box office what influence does that have? in >> i think this is what they are talking about at the academy tonight. they expanded the best picture race because move i haves were getting nominated that weren't making any money. they expanded it to ten they wanted big-budget movies. the average take was very low, it was $65 million. if gravity wasn't in if there, it would have been a lot lower than that. in the last few years we have seen the lowest grossing best picture of all times. if 12 years a slave wins, that will be another one. but i think it's more evidence that the academy is taking movies more and more seriously. in a movie like 12 years a slave, an extraordinary movie, it's odds on to win the major awards, and we're still complaining that this movie fruitville station didn't get nominated for best picture, when 12 years ago it would have been unthinkable that 12 years a slave would be up for best pic
-- granted there is yet to be a movie that won best picture that didn't have a white director, ang lee has also won two best director -- >> true but his filming didn't win. bill, box office what influence does that have? in >> i think this is what they are talking about at the academy tonight. they expanded the best picture race because move i haves were getting nominated that weren't making any money. they expanded it to ten they wanted big-budget movies. the average take was very...
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ang lee who has also won best director -- >> right. but it's science fiction. bill, box office what influence does that have? >> i think this is what they are talking about at the academy tonight. they expanded the rating to ten, and they wanted some big-budget movies. the average take was very low, $65 million. gravity which was an unexpected hit wasn't in there, it would have been a lot lower than that. in the last few years you have seen the lowest grossing best pictures of all tomb. if 12 years a slave wins that's going to be another one. we're having this debate in a movie like 12 years a slave an extraordinary movie. and we're still complaining that this little movie that made $16 million fruitville station didn't get nominated for best picture, when ten years ago it would have been unthinkable that 12 years a slave would have been in contention. it will be interesting. the show may be over, but the conversation continues on our website, aljazeera.com, or on our facebook or google plus pages. you can always find us on twitter. we'll see you next time.
ang lee who has also won best director -- >> right. but it's science fiction. bill, box office what influence does that have? >> i think this is what they are talking about at the academy tonight. they expanded the rating to ten, and they wanted some big-budget movies. the average take was very low, $65 million. gravity which was an unexpected hit wasn't in there, it would have been a lot lower than that. in the last few years you have seen the lowest grossing best pictures of all...
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. >> reporter: christie went to fort lee immediately after his news conference to apologize to the mayor in person. the mayor said he would take christie at his word but wanted to wait and see what the investigation turned up. and now knew allegations have emerged. emails were released showing that meetings were canceled in july hours after he refused to back the governor's bid for reelection. an email reads . . . until all of this came to light, christie had been the big guy in new jersey politics who appeared poised to top the g.o.p. ticket in 2016 for the white house. could these additional allegations make a run for the presidency more difficult? first today he must get through his state of the state. now regarding those alstations christie's peopled says the white house gave him permission for those ads, and the company said it got the okay before they made the ad. the governor will soon deliver the state of the state, he is expected to say the state is strong and he is expected to move on and try to put some of this behind him. dell. >> john thank you very much. >>> a presidential
. >> reporter: christie went to fort lee immediately after his news conference to apologize to the mayor in person. the mayor said he would take christie at his word but wanted to wait and see what the investigation turned up. and now knew allegations have emerged. emails were released showing that meetings were canceled in july hours after he refused to back the governor's bid for reelection. an email reads . . . until all of this came to light, christie had been the big guy in new...
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. >> that lees this game in the hands of kyle orten, he made 69 starts. he's 35 and 34. but has not thrown a pass as a starter and only thrown 15 passes over the last two years. it takes the pressure off the cowboys. no doubt about that. they can go in, play loose and >> an exclusive "america tonight" investigative series >> we traveled here to japan to find out what's really happening at fukushima daiich >> three years after the nucular disaster, the hidden truth about the ongoing cleanup efforts and how the fallout could effect the safety of americans >> are dangerous amounts of radioactive water, leaking into the pacific eververyday? >> join america tonight's michael okwu for an exclusive four part series, as we return to fukushima only on al jazeera america >> when president obama went on the record saying he welcomed the debate on surveillance and security he was speak for the white house, not for american intelligence agencies. stewart baker knows those agencies from the inside out. he spent two years as the general counsel to the nsa advising spy master is there.
. >> that lees this game in the hands of kyle orten, he made 69 starts. he's 35 and 34. but has not thrown a pass as a starter and only thrown 15 passes over the last two years. it takes the pressure off the cowboys. no doubt about that. they can go in, play loose and >> an exclusive "america tonight" investigative series >> we traveled here to japan to find out what's really happening at fukushima daiich >> three years after the nucular disaster, the hidden...
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lawrence lee, al jazeera. >>> can't work or won't work? lawrence lee looks at unemployment and attitudes, from the roma. that's the news from london now, back to doha. >> welcome back to doha. you know, president obama, proposed steps to collect data by the national security agency. but those steps don't go far enough. rob reynolds reports, activists far from washington are taking matters into their own hands. >> reporter: if you have wondered where the national security agency stores all that data it collects, well, you are looking at it. this is the utah data center in bluffdale, a 92,000 square meter complex completed last september at ocost of $1.5 billion. robert banford has studied the nsa for decades. >> it is designed to hold information, the phone calls, the e-mail, the metadata, everything it collects, it needs a place to store it and that's what bluffdale is for. you can sort of think of it as nsa's external hard drive. >> reporter: the nsa declined a request for an interview. but in bluffdale population about 8,000 most people
lawrence lee, al jazeera. >>> can't work or won't work? lawrence lee looks at unemployment and attitudes, from the roma. that's the news from london now, back to doha. >> welcome back to doha. you know, president obama, proposed steps to collect data by the national security agency. but those steps don't go far enough. rob reynolds reports, activists far from washington are taking matters into their own hands. >> reporter: if you have wondered where the national security...
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scotland's craig lee and the spaniard are top of the leader board at the halfway mark. >>> the sea has always provided a living for people on the moroccan report. paul reports from the village. >> reporter: the call to prayer wakes the village to its daily task. for thousands of years the workers sustainment for life has been fishing, but as the day's catch is brought in, a very different fleet is about to leave the show. surfing has hit the area in a big way. ♪ >> reporter: in just 14 years since a portuguese pro surfing set up camp year, this tiny fishing village isment becoming a major international decemberation. many surf schools have a policy of employing only moroccan instructors. the vast majority of riders on the waves are european. >> translator: we have tourists here, we have crowds. we have more because of them, because of them we move forward. >> reporter: while fisherman here say they are fining fewer and fewer fish in their nets, surfing seems to be something this village can hold on to. caught between the old world and the new, are father and son fishermen. mohammed i
scotland's craig lee and the spaniard are top of the leader board at the halfway mark. >>> the sea has always provided a living for people on the moroccan report. paul reports from the village. >> reporter: the call to prayer wakes the village to its daily task. for thousands of years the workers sustainment for life has been fishing, but as the day's catch is brought in, a very different fleet is about to leave the show. surfing has hit the area in a big way. ♪ >>...
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. >> reporter: martin took some license writing the story of philomena lee's search for her son who was put found adoption. he can't complain if the movie did the same. >> i had conversations, it had recreated scenes and it in itself was a drama at that indication of the real life story and making the movie from the book is one more step. you have to accommodate the material to the medium in which you are telling the story. >> all right, ladies and gents. >> reporter: some stories don't lend themselves to being toll exactly as they happened. do they even need to be accurate if they are entertainment? >> the problem that the studios and the filmmakers are presenting their work as truthful. and if you are going to present it as truthful on the one hand, and then once you are scrutinized and say it's not that truthful, we made a lot of stuff up then you put yourself in a real predicament. >> reporter: mel weinberg doesn't care. to him it really is just a move. >> i i was never a movie person. i led the real thing all my life. why would you want to go movies? my whole life was one big movie
. >> reporter: martin took some license writing the story of philomena lee's search for her son who was put found adoption. he can't complain if the movie did the same. >> i had conversations, it had recreated scenes and it in itself was a drama at that indication of the real life story and making the movie from the book is one more step. you have to accommodate the material to the medium in which you are telling the story. >> all right, ladies and gents. >> reporter:...
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lawrence lee, al jazeera in eastern europe. >> a romani living in western europe, they must work to redefine themselves. >> the way we have been seen so far, also try to redefine ourselves in positive terms. what are our values and what are our principles? tell stories that are empowering, and positive. put the emphasis on role models. help roma that are invisible and they deny their identity as i did for a lock time, come to terms with this identity because their life is very different than you know what usually see in media and so on. >> she added for many years she herself actually denied her roma identity. >>> right now a bunch of ceubance are in the united states on a rare academic trip. the u.s. will provide classes to those still living in cuba. christine an pueg has more. >> victor vasquez hernandez of miami-dade college says this dream is now a reality. first time in 55 years such a large group of students has come to study in the u.s., here to study computers, psychology, business and english. the acquain students ranging fro 37, were picked in conjunction with the college. they we
lawrence lee, al jazeera in eastern europe. >> a romani living in western europe, they must work to redefine themselves. >> the way we have been seen so far, also try to redefine ourselves in positive terms. what are our values and what are our principles? tell stories that are empowering, and positive. put the emphasis on role models. help roma that are invisible and they deny their identity as i did for a lock time, come to terms with this identity because their life is very...
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christie went to fort lee to apologize to the mayor in person. the mayor said he would take christie at his word but cautioned he wanted to wait and see when the investigations turn up. now new allegation of petty behavior are coming from jersey city's mayor, who released emails showing that meetings with the governor and senior appointees were canceled in july, hours after he refused to back the governor's bid for reelection. an email to the mayor reads within the past hour, i've received phone calls from and lists four names, all of which canceled the meetings on the 23rd. >> until all this came to light, christie had been the big guy in new jersey politics who appeared poised as a key contender to top the gop ticket for the white house. could these additional allegations make the run for difficult? first today, he must get through his state of the state. >> wow. what a state he finds himself in. well, del, that is at 3:00 this afternoon. we're looking for the tone. i think he's going to mention the bridge issue and also this latest scandal whi
christie went to fort lee to apologize to the mayor in person. the mayor said he would take christie at his word but cautioned he wanted to wait and see when the investigations turn up. now new allegation of petty behavior are coming from jersey city's mayor, who released emails showing that meetings with the governor and senior appointees were canceled in july, hours after he refused to back the governor's bid for reelection. an email to the mayor reads within the past hour, i've received...